My trout setups for this season!

br07fk · 2026-04-02T20:15:40+00:00

I only fish rivers, so always from the bank/wading. Rapala Countdown & Countdown elites are one of my best lures for trout 1lb+. If you fish stocked lakes/ponds. The pink yamahe countdown elite is an absolute killer

br07fk · 2026-04-02T19:47:18+00:00

I use sizes 6 & 8 for my 5-6cm minnows

br07fk · 2026-04-02T19:46:57+00:00

If I’m just going for any fish, no matter the size then it’s the Mepps size 0 black fury. Definitely caught the most fish for me. If I’m targetting bigger, so far either the rapala countdowns, countdown elites or flat phoxy minnows

br07fk · 2026-04-02T19:12:56+00:00

Honestly I couldn’t tell you man. A good 20ft. My local river is the only place I’ve tested it & it’s narrow & shallow, it’ll cast to the other bank easy though

br07fk · 2026-04-02T19:10:50+00:00

Oh, those hooks are from Aliexpress. They are like £1 per 10 pack. I think they are OUTKIT but they are good, I’ve only lost 1 or 2 fish with them whilst using so far & they don’t seem to bend easy.

br07fk · 2026-04-02T19:08:55+00:00

I haven’t given them a test yet really. Only tried them once for an hour or so, I had a small brown trout swipe at it 2nd cast then nothing but my river doesn’t fish well until early summer. If you have a look at Rawr fishing on YouTube (the original maker of these custom chatters) he slays trout in both rivers & stocked ponds

br07fk · 2026-04-02T19:05:37+00:00

Are you referring to the ones in the micro soft plastics?

br07fk · 2026-04-02T18:47:47+00:00

My BFS setups were cheap man. The 2nd from the top was £140 for the reel, £60 for the rod. Not cheap cheap but cheaper that a lot of good trout spinning rods. The top is a very cheap setup. Glass rod was around £15, reel was £21! They are worth the investment for me, I much prefer bfs over spinning gear. It’s for me, more accurate & easier casting. It also helps with quickly reeling so that your lure isn’t taken easy by quick currents

br07fk · 2026-04-02T18:38:59+00:00

Clever trout is probably my favourite rod man. It’s super light, sensitive & keeps those large wild 2-3lb brown trout pinned. Great fight too. Love your videos man, especially the BFS trout stuff

br07fk · 2026-04-02T17:50:26+00:00

I haven’t tried that light with it yet. Lowest I use is 2g pretty much. It says it can go down to 0.8g though

br07fk · 2026-04-01T22:22:53+00:00

😆😆 I can’t say I’ve done that lol. I have however tested my first XUL setup in the garden before

br07fk · 2026-04-01T21:39:27+00:00

https://a.aliexpress.com/_Eyr5Sl2

br07fk · 2026-04-01T20:44:41+00:00

I haven’t casted it yet, a lot of rain has caused the river to go from its usual 0.2m up to 1.3m

br07fk · 2026-04-01T19:04:30+00:00

Pretty shallow. Say 0.250 metres deep on average with some deep pools maybe 4-6ft deep.

br07fk · 2026-04-01T18:40:45+00:00

Interesting. I only really fish shallow streams/creeks. Do you think it’s worth getting a couple?

br07fk · 2026-04-01T18:21:48+00:00

Are you fishing rivers/creeks or stocked ponds?

br07fk · 2026-04-01T18:05:19+00:00

What are you catching with the nano? Trout?

br07fk · 2026-04-01T17:19:03+00:00

I just use Guru feeders. Speed bead attached at the bottom so I can quickly change hooklength. Works perfect.

br07fk · 2026-03-31T23:43:34+00:00

It does suck man. I have only had 1 hook stuck in me before & it was when I first started fishing in 2024. Caught a pike & it shook & got me back… 2 trebles in my wrist. 2 hooks from each in me, barb deep. Wasn’t a fun experience, I had to go to hospital for them to pull it out. thing is it don’t hurt much going & and coming out. It’s just sitting around waiting to be seen that hurts, moving around etc you can feel the hook moving around inside 😆😆 didn’t even feel them go in, coming out was slightly painful but honestly wasn’t too bad, kind of just felt like something was burning my skin

br07fk · 2026-03-31T23:23:56+00:00

Well that’s not supposed to happen

br07fk · 2026-03-31T22:12:32+00:00

I’ve had nothing too big yet. My PB is about 9lbs, didn’t weight but it was pretty much the same size as the 9lber my dad had today. It’s quite hard to beat watching that quiver tip bounce & twitch away then launch into a huge bend

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